Pronunciation
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-pepetana (infinitive kupepetana)
- to compete with another in a sport or game
2013 June 8, “Uganda yafufua safari ya Brazil”, in BBC Swahili[1]:Uganda sasa imesalia na mechi mechi mbili na imepangiwa kuchuana na Angola tarehe kumi na tano mwezi huu kabla ya kupepetana na Senegal tarehe 6 Septemba mwaka huu katika uwanja wa Leopold Senghor.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2019 June 4, Pascal Kwesiga, “Four Nights In Zuena”, in pascalkwesiga.com[2], archived from the original on 27 June 2019:
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -pepetana
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Positive present
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-napepetana
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Subjunctive
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-pepetane
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Negative
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-pepetani
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Imperative singular
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pepetana
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hupepetana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lipepetana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kupepetana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -napepetana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninapepetana/napepetana
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tunapepetana
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2nd person
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unapepetana
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mnapepetana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapepetana
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wanapepetana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -napepetana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -pepetani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sipepetani
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hatupepetani
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2nd person
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hupepetani
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hampepetani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hapepetani
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hawapepetani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -pepetani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tapepetana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tapepetana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pepetane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nipepetane
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tupepetane
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2nd person
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upepetane
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mpepetane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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apepetane
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wapepetane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -pepetane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sipepetane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngepepetana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singepepetana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalipepetana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalipepetana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mepepetana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshapepetana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -japepetana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kipepetana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipopepetana
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Consecutive
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kapepetana / positive subject concord + -kapepetana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kapepetane
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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